Here's what I am surprised no one has asked these clowns and put them on the spot.

- they both claim the iPhone's *headphones* use these oh so dangerous chemicals.

- if that's so, then EVERY OTHER headphone on the market allegedly contain the same dangerous chemicals (all well within Federal and EU guidelines, but who's counting).

a) Where are the press releases and lawsuits against every other headphone manufacturer?

b) Even better, which headphones do Greenpeace and CEH recommend consumers should use, which will keep us safe?

c) Lastly, these are a=ll dangerous to small children, for whom, by the way, the iPhone is not a suggested toy.

Just the usual whoring for publicity, but a bunch of insignificant goobers.

OK, except for a few deniers, who here actually thought that Greenpeaces claims were untrue? Was that ever an issue?

The issue was, and the issue is, what do those results mean.

these headphones are delicious.

Oh noes, I'm gonna die now!

I was relying on my swiss cheese brain to make that "no testing" statement, although later comments may have validated my statement.

Greenpeace states in their article that they sent an iPhone to their UK research labs for testing. Supposedly, they have no research labs. HOWEVER, what they did report isn't entirely accurate:

"The Greenpeace report does not say which brominated flame retardants are present in the iPhone because it does not know. As the report notes, the analytical equipment used for their report can only detect the presence of an element, such as bromine, but not specific chemicals." - http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?pg=story&id=29692

This article did a fine job of shooting holes in GPs "report", so much so that GP came out the next day and said "Yeah, we're just attacking Apple to grab headlines".

...well there was a time in New Zealand when if you were in proximity to a Greenpeace boat you might get blown up...does this mean that one should maintain a safe distance from Greenpeace and the methods of transportation it employs?

...when self is on fire, do not breathe fumes from iPhone headphone cables. as tempting as it may be, just don't do it. seriously.

Your comment is ignorant (please not I did not call you ignorant). First you can't counter sue Greenpeace, unless it is suing you. Greenpeace isn't suing anybody, at least not Apple. Some other group is threatening to sue Apple based on Greenpeace's tests. Greenpeace has no control over what other parties do.

Second, of course Greenpeace is singling out Apple. It wants companies to change the way they manufacture products. Apple is the ideal company to go after: it's slogan is "think different, it claims to be an innovator, it is a market leader, it has shown it will respond to such criticisms, and most importantly it has the leading spokesperson for environmental causes sitting on its Board. Who would you go after?

You write, "I never had much respect for Greenpeace, but over the last year, I've lost that tiny bit of respect. They're just purposely singling out Apple, when I'm sure every phone being made has the same materials. Apple needs to counter sue them."

Stop selling iPhones in California.

How ridiculous most of the laws in Cali are. What might seem harmful, a.k.a. "litigatable" under CA laws is normally just fine elsewhere.

If there is anything I've learned from MacNN and designing for CA jobs, its that you can't begin to see their standards and codes as anywhere close the status quo elsewhere.

When you throw GP into the mix, you know it's going to be laughably ridiculous.

either nobody in the state of California uses a cell phone [which is bullshiot] or every f****** cell phone in the state of California breaks State Law_

Seeing as how offerings from Sumsung - LG - Sony - Nokia - Motorola - etc.. are as locked if not more so than the iPhone_

No, the california law in question deals with labeling the phones as containing certain chemicals, which was brought up before and which Apple was ignoring.

And if you all are so sure these people are wrong, why don't one of you fund a truly independent study of the iPhone, and prove these idiots have no clue what they're talking about.

Looks like Greenpeace and CEH are jumping on the Lawsuit bandwagon in order to make a fast buck.

If Greenpeace wants to make a difference how about working with manufacturers on getting "Green" supplies cheaper rather than suing people who are attempting to make a difference [pvc free by 2008].

Greedypeace in it for the money.

Guess some Hippy wants to put surround sound in his VW bus and he is a few bucks short.

This organisation is not what it had been before: a environmental activist group. Nowadays GP is a multi-billion "feel-good" organisation which cashes the money from ignorant people with advertisements, and managed by rich executives. Most members from the "original" activist group (including some founders of GP) have left GP because of this. See http://www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_061220_1.html

Too much reading on the MacNN Forums . . .

. . . may hinder the sexual develompent of mammals.

But these earbud wires make the best dental floss!!

At least they did not find the Date Rape Chemical GHB in them as were found in the kids toy Aqua Dots recently.

Source: http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/11/08/aqua_dots/index.html

They may be a great toy, but if you have any at home, get them away from your kids right away. Not a joke.

Peter, Chief Editor and Household Toy Stumbler On in Bare Feet Http://thepeterfiles.blogspot.com

Why argue about why Green Peace is focusing on Apple on this? They focus on any manufacturer they find fault with. Obviously they picked the iPhone because its a hot product. If there is something wrong with the standard headphones, if, we should be grateful for the info so we can figure out what use is and is not appropriate and don't leave them around for our kids to stick in their mouths, see previous comment.

I think they might want to spend some time checking out all the other leading media player and computer headphones too. I'll bet the list of hazards with tech ownership is larger than we suspect.

More importantly, I wish they had used the media attention to say something about environmental disposal of computers and pc's a far more serious problem.

Besides, stylish as they are, horrors, I didn't find my white iPod earphones for my Black iPod as comfy as I would have liked and opted for something else instead anyway. LOL

Peter, Chief Editor and Non-iPod Headphone Wearer The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Satire, Jokes, Commentary (this) and Videos Http://thepeterfiles.blogspot.com

Mayberry RDF

It just had to be said....

Bendy beads (AU) or Aqua Dots (US) are made from a chemical that turns to GHB (the date rape drug) when it comes in contact with saliva. This is a CHILDS TOY... so it is going to get slobbered on. This is made in China (as is the iPhone).

So, why is GP beatchin' at Apple when obviously there are far more serious things they SHOULD be putting attention on?